MATLAB Function Reference

findstr

Find one string within another

Syntax

k = findstr(str1,str2)

Description

k = findstr(str1,str2) finds the starting indices of any occurrences of the shorter string within the longer.

Examples

str1 = 'Find the starting indices of the shorter string.';
str2 = 'the';
findstr(str1,str2)
          
ans =
     6    30

See Also

strcmp, strmatch, strncmp

findobj

finish